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London Philharmonic Orchestra - Subscription Concerts 1968 - 1976

London Philharmonic Orchestra
1968 – 1969 season
37th Season


Programme 1
17 September 1968
Jerzy Semkow
Isaac Stern, conductor

MOZART                                           Symphony No. 33
SIBELIUS                                             Violin Concerto
SCRIABIN                                           Symphony No. 2

Programme 2
29 September 1968
Sir Adrian Boult
Nathan Milstein, violin

WAGNER                                          Die Meistersinger, Overture
BEETHOVEN                                      Violin Concerto
RUBBRA                                             Symphony No. 7

Programme 3
3 October 1968
Sir Adrian Boult
E. Power Biggs, organ

RICHARD STRAUSS                             Don Juan
COPLAND                                         Organ Symphony
HAYDN                                             Organ Concerto No. 2 in C major
ELGAR                                               Enigma Variations

Programme 4
17 October 1968
Georg Solti
Gyorgy Pauk, violin

BARTOK                                            Dance Suite
MENDELSSOHN                                  Violin Concerto
BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 2
Programme 5
29 October 1968
Georg Solti

BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 4
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 8

Programme 6
3 November 1968
Eugen Jochum
Daniel Barenboim, piano

BRAHMS                                            Tragic Overture
BRAHMS                                            Piano Concerto No. 2
BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 4

Programme 7
10 November 1968
Eugen Jochum
Nikita Magaloff, piano

MOZART                                           Masonic Funeral Music
MOZART                                           Piano Concerto No. 22
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 4, ‘Romantic’

Programme 8
19 November 1968
Bernard Haitink
Heather Harper, soprano Norma Procter, contralto London Philharmonic Choir

MOZART                                           Exsultate, jubilate
MAHLER                                            Symphony No. 2, ‘Resurrection’

Programme 9
24 November 1968
Bernard Haitink
André Watts, piano

MOZART                                           Symphony No. 32
MOZART                                           Piano Concerto No. 9, ‘Jeunehomme’
RICHARD STRAUSS                             Ein Heldenleben

Programme 10
5 December 1968
John Pritchard
Christoph Eschenbach, piano

HENZE                                              Piano Concerto No. 2
NIELSEN                                             Symphony No. 3, ‘Espansiva’

Programme 11
19 December 1968
Antal Dorati
Henryk Szeryng, violin

STRAVINSK                                        Chant du Rossignol
TCHAIKOVSKY                                  Violin Concerto
SHOSTAKOVICH                                Symphony No. 10

Programme 12
16 January 1969
Bernard Haitink
Yonty Solomon, piano

GOEHR                                             Three Pieces from Arden Must Die
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
SIBELIUS                                             Symphony No. 2

Programme 13
21 January 1969
Bernard Haitink
Rodney Friend, violin John Shirley-Quirk, baritone London Philharmonic Choir

GOEHR                                             Three Pieces from Arden Must Die
BRITTEN                                            Violin Concerto
WALTON                                          Belshazzar’s Feast

Programme 14
26 January 1969
Bernard Haitink
Stephen Bishop, piano Heather Harper, soprano Anna Reynolds, mezzo soprano Ryland Davies, tenor Donald Bell, bass London Philharmonic Choir

BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 2
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’

Programme 15
2 February 1969
Daniel Barenboim
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 8
CHOPIN                                            Piano Concerto No. 2
SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 4

Programme 16
9 February 1969
Daniel Barenboim
Alfred Brendel, piano

ROSSINI                                             The Italian Girl in Algiers, Overture
WOLF                                                Italian Serenade
LISZT                                                 Piano Concerto No. 2
BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 1

Programme 17
16 February 1969
Karl Richter
Sheila Armstrong, soprano Norma Procter, contralto John Van Ketteren, tenor Robert Tear, tenor Ernst Gerald Schumann, baritone Kieth Engen, bass Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir London Philharmonic Choir

BACH                                                St. Matthew Passion

Programme 18
19 February 1969
Richard Bonynge
Joan Sutherland, soprano Mary O’Brien, soprano Margaret Elkins, soprano Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano Monica Sinclair, contralto Ryland Davies, tenor John Gibbs, bass Ambrosian Singers

HANDEL                                            Alcina (concert performance)

Programme 19
6 March 1969
Josef Krips

BARTOK                                            Concerto for Orchestra
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’

Programme 20
9 March 1969
Joseph Krips
Rudolf Firkusny, piano

BEETHOVEN                                      Leonore No. 3, Overture
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 1
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’

Programme 21
11 March 1969
Josef Krips
Friedrich Gulda, piano

MOZART                                           Il Seraglio, Overture
MOZART                                           Piano Concerto No. 24
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 7

Programme 22
16 March 1969
Bernard Haitink
Ida Haendel, violin

BERLIOZ                                            Beatrice and Benedict, Overture
ELGAR                                               Violin Concerto
MUSSORGSKY                                    Pictures from an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)

Programme 23
20 March 1969
George Szell
Janet Baker, mezzo soprano

MAHLER                                            Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
MAHLER                                            Symphony No. 6

Programme 24
25 March 1969
Bernard Haitink
London Philharmonic Choir

MOZART                                           Symphony No. 33
BRUCKNER                                        Mass in E minor
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS                         Symphony No. 4

Programme 25
30 March 1969
Bernard Haitink
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

MENDELSSOHN                                  Overture, Nocturne, Intermezzo, Scherzo, Funeral and
                                                         Wedding Marches from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
MOZART                                           Piano Concerto No. 9, ‘Jeunehomme’
DEBUSSY                                            Mother Goose, Suite RAVEL La Mer

Programme 26
13 April 1969
Georg Solti

MOZART                                           Symphony No. 25
WALTON                                          Partita
SCHUBERT                                         Symphony No. 9, ‘Great’

Programme 27
27 April 1969
John Pritchard
Malcolm Binns, piano

BERLIOZ                                            Royal Hunt and Storm from The Trojans
RACHMANINOV                                 Piano Concerto No. 3
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV                           Scheherazade

Programme 28
4 May 1969
Bernard Haitink
Claudio Arrau, piano

SCHUBERT                                         Overture in the Italian Style
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 3
TCHAIKOVSKY                                  Symphony No. 4

Programme 29
8 May 1969
Bernard Haitink
Claudio Arrau, piano

BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 4
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 9

Programme 30
11 May 1969
Bernard Haitink
Claudio Arrau, piano

BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
SHOSTAKOVICH                                Symphony No. 4


London Philharmonic Orchestra
1969 – 1970 season
38th Season

Programme 1
16 October 1969
Jerzy Semkow
Michael Roll, piano

ROSSINI                                             La cenerentola, Overture
MOZART                                           Piano Concerto No. 25
RICHARD STRAUSS                             Don Juan
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 7

Programme 2
19 October 1969
Evgeny Svetlanov
Larissa Avdeyeva, contralto London Philharmonic Choir

TCHAIKOVSKY                                  Symphony No. 1, ‘Winter Daydreams’
PROKOFIEV                                       Alexander Nevsky, cantata

Programme 3
21 October 1969
Evgeny Svetlanov
Ida Haendel, violin

MUSSORGSKY                                    Introduction to Sorochintsy Fair
SHOSTAKOVICH                                Violin Concerto No. 1
MUSSORGSKY                                    Pictures from an Exhibition (arr. Ravel)

Programme 4
23 October 1969
Evgeny Svetlanov
Malcolm Binns, piano

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV                           The Maid of Pskov, Overture
RACHMANINOV                                 Piano Concerto No. 1
DEBUSSY                                            Nuages et Fêtes from Nocturnes
DEBUSSY                                            La Mer

Programme 5
30 October 1969
Edward Downes
Yehudi Menuhin, violin Elizabeth Harwood, soprano Benjamin Luxon, baritone BBC Chorus BBC Choral Society

WEBER                                              Der Freischütz, Overture
BRAHMS                                            Violin Concerto
REIZENSTEIN                                      Voices of Night, Cantata

Programme 6
9 November 1969
Lorin Maazel
Wilhelm Kempff, piano

BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 2
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 4
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 4

Programme 7
13 November 1969
Lorin Maazel
Israela Margalit, piano

BRAHMS                                            Piano Concerto No. 1
BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 1

Programme 8
30 November 1969
Bernard Haitink
Hans Richter-Haaser, piano

BERLIOZ                                            Benvenuto Cellini, Overture
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 1
STRAVINSKY                                      Symphonies of Wind Instruments
JANACEK                                           Taras Bulba

Programme 9
4 December 1969
Bernard Haitink
Anna Reynolds, mezzo soprano Alexander Young, baritone

HAYDN                                             Symphony No. 102
MAHLER                                            Das Lied von der Erde

Progrmme 10
7 December 1969
Bernard Haitink
Clifford Curzon, piano

VERDI                                                Overture to The Force of Destiny
MOZART                                           Piano Concerto No. 27
ELGAR                                               Enigma Variations

Programme 11
21 December 1969
Sir Adrian Boult
John Ogdon, piano

NICOLAI                                            The Merry Wives of Windsor, Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY                                  Piano Concerto No. 1
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS                         Symphony No. 9

Programme 12
13 January 1970
Bernard Haitink
Margaret Price, soprano Norma Procter, contralto London Philharmonic Choir

BACH                                                Cantata No. 170
MAHLER                                            Symphony No. 2, ‘Resurrection’

Programme 13
15 January 1970
Bernard Haitink
Henryk Szeryng, violin Rodney Friend, violin

MOZART                                           Don Giovanni, Overture
VIVALDI                                             Concerto in A minor for two violins, Op. 3 No. 8
TCHAIKOVSKY                                  Violin Concerto
BERLIOZ                                            Symphonie Fantastique

Programme 14
20 January 1970
Bernard Haitink
Nikita Magaloff, piano

BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 2
MAHLER                                            Symphony No. 9

Programme 15
25 January 1970
Bernard Haitink
Masuko Ushioda, violin

ROSSINI                                             The Silken Ladder, Overture
BEETHOVEN                                      Violin Concerto
BARTOK                                            Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta

Programme 16
5 February 1970
Eugen Jochum
Ingrid Haebler, piano

MOZART                                           Piano Concerto No. 17
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 5

Programme 17
8 February 1970
Eugen Jochum

MOZART                                           Symphony No. 41, ‘Jupiter’
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 5

Programme 18
15 February 1970
Karl Richter
Sheila Armstrong, soprano Norma Procter, contralto Alexander Young, tenor John Shirley-Quirk, bass John Alldis Choir

BACH                                                Passacaglia in C major, K582
MOZART                                           Fantasia in F minor
MOZART                                           Requiem Mass

Programme 19
19 February 1970
Jerzy Semkow
Roberto Szidon, piano

LUTOSLAWSKI                                   Funeral Music
RACHMANINOV                                 Piano Concerto No. 3
TCHAIKOVSKY                                  Symphony No. 4

Programme 20
26 February 1970
Sir Adrian Boult
Margaret Price, soprano Norma Procter, contralto Alexander Young, tenor Benjamin Luxon, baritone London Philharmonic Choir

ELGAR                                               The Kingdom

Programme 21
5 March 1970
Maxim Shostakovich

SHOSTAKOVICH                                Symphony No. 9
SHOSTAKOVICH                                Symphony No. 8

Programme 22
8 March 1970
Maxim Shostakovich
Shura Cherkassky, piano

WEBER                                              Euryanthe, Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY                                  Piano Concerto No. 2
SHOSTAKOVICH                                Symphony No. 8

Programme 23
10 March 1970
Charles Mackerras/Robert Simpson*
Leonard Rose, cello

SIMPSON                                            Symphony No. 1*
ELGAR                                               Cello Concerto
BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 3

Programme 24
17 March 1970
Bernard Haitink
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano London Philharmonic Choir

BRITTEN                                            The Building of the House, Overture
PROKOFIEV                                       Piano Concerto No. 2
HOLST                                               The Planets, Suite

Programme 25
26 March 1970
Bernard Haitink
Pinchas Zukerman, violin

MOZART                                           The Magic Flute, Overture
MENDELSSOHN                                  Violin Concerto
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 2

Programme 26
2 April 1970
Hans Werner Henze
Christoph Eschenbach, piano

MOZART                                           Symphony No. 38, ‘Prague’
HENZE                                              Piano Concerto No. 2

Programme 27
12 April 1970
John Pritchard
Radu Lupu, piano

WAGNER                                          Tannhäuser, Overture
FRICKER                                            Dance Scene
MOZART                                           Piano Concerto No. 24
DVORAK                                           Symphony No. 8

Programme 28
19 April 1970
Sir Adrian Boult
Malcolm Williamson, organ, Jennifer Vyvyan, soprano, London Philharmonic Choir

ELGAR                                               Cockaigne, Overture
WILLIAMSON                                     Organ Concerto
HOLST                                               Choral Symphony




London Philharmonic Orchestra
1970 – 1971 season
39th Season

Programme 1
22 September 1970
Bernard Haitink
André Watts, piano

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS                         Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 4
STRAVINSKY                                      The Rite of Spring

Programme 2
24 September 1970
Bernard Haitink
Gina Bachauer, piano

BERLIOZ                                            Le Corsaire, Overture
MOZART                                           Piano Concerto No. 24
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 2

Programme 3
8 October 1970
Jascha Horenstein
Heather Harper, soprano

MAHLER                                            Symphony No. 4
JOHANN STRAUSS II                           Overture, Die Fledermaus
JOHANN STRAUSS II                           Artists’ Life, Waltz
JOHANN STRAUSS II                           Emperor Waltz

Programme 4
13 October 1970
François Huybrechts
Peter Frankl. piano

JANACEK                                           Lachian Dances
TCHAIKOVSKY                                  Piano Concerto No. 1
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 8

Programme 5
20 October 1970
Josef Krips
Itzhak Perlman, violin

WALTON                                          Improvisations on an Impromptu by Benjamin Britten
BARTOK                                            Violin Concerto No. 2
BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 2

Programme 6
3 November 1970
Sir Adrian Boult
John Noble, baritone Norma Burrowes, tenor Gerald English, tenor Raimund Herincx, baritone Robert Lloyd, bass London Philharmonic Choir

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS                         The Pilgrim’s Progress (concert performance)

Programme 7
10 November 1970
John Pritchard
Tong Il Han, piano

SCHULLER                                          Seven Studies on themes of Paul Klee
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 3
MUSSORGSKY                                    Pictures from an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)

Programme 8
19, 22 November 1970
Bernard Haitink
Norma Procter, mezzo soprano Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir London Philharmonic Choir

MAHLER                                            Symphony No. 3

Programme 9
3 December 1970
Lorin Maazel
Paul Tortelier, cello Quintin Ballardie, viola

RICHARD STRAUSS                             Don Quixote
SIBELIUS                                             Symphony No. 2

Programme 10
8 December 1970
John Pritchard
Ida Haendel, violin

RAVEL                                               Mother Goose, Suite
BRAHMS                                            Violin Concerto
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 7

Programme 11
13 December 1970
John Pritchard
Peter Katin, piano

WEBER                                              Oberon, Overture
BRAHMS                                            Piano Concerto No. 1
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 7

Programme 12
17 December 1970
Daniel Barenboim
Jacqueline du Pré, cello

WEBERN                                            Five Orchestral Pieces
DVORAK                                           Cello Concerto
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 5

Programme 13
17 January 1971
Georg Solti

MAHLER                                            Symphony No. 9

Programme 14
19 January 1971
Brian Priestman
John Ogdon, piano

DVORAK                                           Symphonic Variations
LISZT                                                 Piano Concerto No. 1
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV                           Scheherazade

Programme 15
24 January 1971
Georg Solti
Pinchas Zukerman, violin

MOZART                                           Violin Concerto No. 5
MAHLER                                            Symphony No. 9

Programme 16
4 February 1971
Paavo Berglund
Malcolm Binns, piano Rodney Friend, violin Douglas Whittaker, flute Colin Chambers, flute

BACH                                                Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
SCHUMANN                                       Piano Concerto
BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 4

Programme 17
9 February 1971
Aldo Ceccato
Lorin Hollander, piano

PETRASSI                                           Partita
RACHMANINOV                                 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
RACHMANINOV                                 Symphony No. 2

Programme 18
16 February 1971
Charles Groves
Heather Harper, soprano Helen Watts, contralto Ryland Davies, tenor Benjamin Luxon, baritone London Philharmonic Choir

DELIUS                                               A Mass of Life

Programme 19
23 February 1971
Raymond Leppard
Henryk Szeryng, violin

HANDEL                                            Concerto a Due Cori in F major
BEETHOVEN                                      Violin Concerto
SIBELIUS                                             Symphony No. 6

Programme 20
4 March 1971
Jascha Horenstein
Janet Baker, mezzo soprano

GLUCK                                              Iphigenie en Aulis, Overture
BRAHMS                                            Alto Rhapsody
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 4, ‘Romantic’

Programme 21
9 March 1971
Bernard Haitink
Clifford Curzon, piano

BEETHOVEN                                      Eleven Viennese Dances
MOZART                                           Piano Concerto No. 24
BERG                                                 Three Orchestral Pieces
RAVEL                                               Suite No. 2 from Daphnis and Chloe

Programme 22
14 March 1971
Bernard Haitink
Clifford Curzon, piano

BERG                                                 Three Orchestral Pieces
MOZART                                           Piano Concerto No. 23
TCHAIKOVSKY                                  Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’

Programme 23
21 March 1971
Bernard Haitink
Sheila Armstrong, soprano Thomas Helmsley, baritone London Philharmonic Choir

BRUCH                                              Violin Concerto No. 1
BRAHMS                                            A German Requiem

Programme 24
28 March 1971
John Pritchard
Gordon Webb, trumpet Howard Snell, trumpet Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

HAMILTON                                        Circus, for two trumpets and orchestra
RACHMANINOV                                 Piano Concerto No. 3
NIELSEN                                             Symphony No. 4, ‘The Inextinguishable’

Programme 25
30 March 1971
Bernard Haitink
Wilhelm Kempff, piano

MOZART                                           Piano Concerto No. 20
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 8

Programme 26
8 April 1971
Sir Adrian Boult
Claudio Arrau, piano

WAGNER                                          Prelude to Act 1 of Lohengrin
BRAHMS                                            Piano Concerto No. 1
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS                         A London Symphony (Symphony No. 2)

Programme 27
13 April 1971
John Pritchard
Rodney Friend, violin

SIBELIUS                                             Symphony No. 7
SIBELIUS                                             Violin Concerto
SIBELIUS                                             Symphony No. 5
Programme 28
15 April 1971
John Pritchard
Alfred Brendel, piano Margaret Price, soprano Kenneth Bowen, tenor Alan Charles, bass London Philharmonic Choir

WILLIAMSON                                     Symphony No. 2

Programme 29
20 April 1971
Josef Krips
Rudolf Firkusny, piano

MOZART                                           Il Seraglio, Overture
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
SCHUBERT                                         Symphony No. 9, ‘Great’

Programme 30
25 April 1971
Lorin Maazel
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 2
SCRIABIN                                           Prometheus, The Poem of Fire
STRAVINSKY                                      The Firebird, Suite (1919)

Programme 31
2 May 1971
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Elisabeth Söderström, soprano

BRITTEN                                            Les Illuminations
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 3

Programme 32
4 May 1971
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Christoph Eschenbach, piano

BEETHOVEN                                      Leonore No. 3, Overture
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 1
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 4


London Philharmonic Orchestra
1971 – 1972 season
40th Season

Programme 1
21 September 1971
John Pritchard
Paul Tortelier, cello

BRITTEN                                            Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
DVORAK                                           Cello Concerto
BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 2

Programme 2
24 October 1971
Bernard Haitink
Christoph Eschenbach, piano

BERLIOZ                                            Le Corsaire, Overture
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 1
SHOSTAKOVICH                                Symphony No. 10

Programme 3
7 November 1971
Daniel Barenboim
Isaac Stern, violin Roger Winfield, oboe

BACH                                                Concerto in C minor for Violin and Oboe
MOZART                                           Violin Concerto No. 3
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’

Programme 4
9 November 1971
Bernard Haitink
Ida Haendel, violin

TIPPETT                                             Praeludium for Brass, Bells and Percussion
TCHAIKOVSKY                                  Violin Concerto
BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 3

Programme 5
14 November 1971
Bernard Haitink
Peter Katin, piano

MOZART                                           The Marriage of Figaro, Overture
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 2
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 3

Programme 6
18, 21 November 1971
Bernard Haitink
Norma Procter, mezzo soprano Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir London Philharmonic Choir

MAHLER                                            Symphony No. 3

Programme 7
30 November 1971
Georg Solti
Heather Harper, soprano Stuart Burrowes, tenor Gwynne Howell, bass London Philharmonic Choir

HAYDN                                             The Creation

Programme 8
5 December 1971
Edo de Waart
Yong Uck Kim, piano

BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 5
MOZART                                           Violin Concerto No. 5
RACHMANINOV                                 Symphonic Dances

Programme 9
19 December 1971
John Pritchard
John Ogdon, piano

LENNOX BERKELEY                            Symphony No. 3
RACHMANINOV                                 Piano Concerto No. 4
TCHAIKOVSKY                                  Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’

Programme 10
20 January 1972
Bernard Haitink
Hermann Krebbers, violin Tibor de Machula, cello

MOZART                                           Don Giovanni, Overture
BRAHMS                                            Double Concerto
SCHUBERT                                         Symphony No. 9, ‘Great’

Programme 11
23 January 1972
Bernard Haitink
Radu Lupu, piano

WALTON                                          Improvisations on an Impromptu of Benjamin Britten
SCHUMANN                                       Piano Concerto
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV                           Scheherazade

Programme 12
27 January 1972
Sir Adrian Boult, William Alwyn*
Nathan Milstein, violin

RICHARD STRAUSS                             Don Juan
BEETHOVEN                                      Violin Concerto
ALWYN*                                            Symphony No. 3

Programme 13
30 January 1972
Sir Adrian Boult
Nathan Milstein, violin

RICHARD STRAUSS                             Don Juan
BEETHOVEN                                      Violin Concerto
SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 4

Programme 14
10 February 1972
Georg Solti

MAHLER                                            Symphony No. 7

Programme 15
13 February 1972
Georg Solti
Ingrid Haebler, piano

MOZART                                           Piano Concerto No. 12
MAHLER                                            Symphony No. 7

Programme 16
15 February 1972
Moshe Atzmon
John Lill, piano

WEBER                                              Oberon, Overture
BRAHMS                                            Piano Concerto No. 2
BARTÓK                                            Concerto for Orchestra

Programme 17
20 February 1972
Georg Solti

BRAHMS                                            Tragic Overture
BRAHMS                                            Variations on a Theme by Haydn
BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 4

Programme 18
7 March 1972
Bernard Haitink
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano London Philharmonic Choir

DAVID BEDFORD                               Star Clusters, Nebulae and Places in Devon
SCRIABIN                                           Piano Concerto
RICHARD STRAUSS                             Also Sprach Zarathustra

Programme 19
9 March 1972
Bernard Haitink
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

DVORAK                                           Serenade for Strings
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 2
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastoral’

Programme 20
16 March 1972
Bernard Haitink
Rodney Friend, violin

WAGNER                                          Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
BRITTEN                                            Violin Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY                                  Symphony No. 4

Programme 21
2 April 1972
Georg Solti
Josephine Veasey, contralto

ROUSSEL                                            Symphony No. 3
RAVEL                                               Sheherazade
BERLIOZ                                            Symphonie Fantastique

Programme 22
6 April 1972
Georg Solti
Janet Baker, mezzo soprano Robert Tear, tenor

KODALY                                            Psalmus Hungaricus
MAHLER                                            Das Lied von der Erde

Programme 23
18 April 1972
Eugen Jochum

HAYDN                                             Symphony No. 93
HAYDN                                             Symphony No. 94, ‘Surprise’
HAYDN                                             Symphony No. 95

Programme 24
23 April 1972
Josef Krips

MOZART                                           Symphony No. 35, ‘Haffner’
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 8

Programme 25
27 April 1972
Josef Krips
Hans Richter-Haaser, piano

SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 4
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 3
STRAVINSKY                                      The Firebird, Suite (1919)

Programme 26
2 May 1972
Bernard Haitink
Sheila Armstrong, soprano Alfred Brendel, piano

McCABE                                             Notturni ed Alba
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
ELGAR                                               Enigma Variations

Programme 27
7 May 1972
Bernard Haitink
Alicia de Larrocha, piano Felicity Palmer, soprano Helen Watts, contralto Ladies of the London Philharmonic Choir

DEBUSSY                                            Three Nocturnes
FAURÉ                                               Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra
FRANCK                                            Symphonic Variations
MENDELSSOHN                                  Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream




London Philharmonic Orchestra

1972 – 1973 season

41st Season

Programme 1
28 September 1972
Daniel Barenboim
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

WEBER                                              Euryanthe, Overture
MOZART                                           Violin Concerto No. 1
ELGAR                                               Symphony No. 2

Programme 2
4 October 1972
Aldo Ceccato
Christoph Eschenbach, piano

PROKOFIEV                                       Symphony No. 1, ‘Classical’
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
SHOSTAKOVICH                                Symphony No. 1


Programme 3

19 October 1972

Raymond Leppard
Paul Tortelier, cello

SCHUBERT                                         Rosamunde, Overture
ELGAR                                               Cello Concerto
NICHOLAS MAW                                Cassation derived from ‘The Rising of the Moon’
ELGAR                                               Enigma Variations


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Programme 4

22 October 1972
Eugen Jochum

HAYDN                                             Symphony No. 96, ‘Miracle’
HAYDN                                             Symphony No. 97
HAYDN                                             Symphony No. 98

Programme 5
26 October 1972
Eugen Jochum
John Lill, piano

HONEGGER                                       Concerto da Camera
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 3
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 7
Programme 6
31 October 1972
Edo de Waart
Itzhak Perlman, violin

DUKAS                                              La Peri, Fanfare
VARESE                                              Integrales
SIBELIUS                                             Violin Concerto
DVORAK                                           Symphony No. 6

5 November 1972
Bernard Haitink
Ida Haendel, violin Heather Harper, soprano Anna Reynolds, contralto Gerald English, tenor Benjamin Luxon, baritone London Philharmonic Choir

BEETHOVEN                                      Leonore No. 3, Overture
STRAVINSKY                                      Violin Concerto
MOZART                                           Requiem Mass

Programme 8
19 November 1972
Bernard Haitink
Janet Baker, mezzo soprano

MOZART                                           ‘Parto, parto’, aria from La Clemenza di Tito
WAGNER                                          Wesendonck Lieder
MAHLER                                            Symphony No. 6

Programme 9
23 November 1972
Bernard Haitink
Alfred Brendel, piano

LIGETI                                                Lontano
LISZT                                                 Piano Concerto No. 2
LISZT                                                 Totentanz
STRAVINSKY                                      Petrushka

Programme 10
28 November 1972
Maxim Shostakovich
Peter Katin, piano Nina Isakova, mezzo soprano Alexander Vedernikov, bass Russian State Yurlov Choir

MUSSORGSKY                                    Khovanshchina, Prelude
RACHMANINOV                                 Piano Concerto No. 3
SVIRIDOV                                           Pathetique, Oratorio

Programme 11
30 November 1972
Evgeny Svetlanov
David Oistrakh, violin

BORODIN                                          Symphony No. 2
PROKOFIEV                                       Violin Concerto No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY                                  Capriccio Italien
Programme 12
5 December 1972
Josef Krips
Nathan Milstein, violin

SEARLE                                              Symphony No. 2
BRAHMS                                            Violin Concerto
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 2

Programme 13
12 December 1972
Kurt Sanderling
Lorin Hollander, piano

HANDEL                                            Concerto Grosso in B flat major, Op 6 No. 7
RACHMANINOV                                 Piano Concerto No. 2
BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 4

Programme 14
17 December 1972
Kurt Sanderling
John Ogdon, piano

STRAVINSKY                                      Suite No. 2 for Small Orchestra
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”
TCHAIKOVSKY                                  Symphony No. 4

Programme 15
25 January 1973
Bernard Haitink
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

PROKOFIEV                                       Piano Concerto No. 3
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 4, ‘Romantic’

Programme 16
28 January 1973
Bernard Haitink
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

MOZART                                           Piano Concerto No. 20
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 4, ‘Romantic’

Programme 17
30 January 1973
Eugen Jochum

HAYDN                                             Symphony No. 99
HAYDN                                             Symphony No. 100, ‘Military’
HAYDN                                             Symphony No. 101, ‘Clock’

Programme 18
15 February 1973
Sir Georg Solti

SCHUBERT                                         Symphony No. 5
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 7

Programme 19
18 February 1973
Sir Georg Solti
Stephen Bishop, piano

MOZART                                           Piano Concerto No. 24
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 7

Programme 20
22 February 1973
Sir Georg Solti
Tatiana Troyanos, soprano Andras Farrago, baritone

BARTOK                                            Concerto for Orchestra
BARTOK                                            Bluebeards Castle

Programme 21
27 February 1973
Sir Georg Solti
Josephine Veasey, mezzo soprano Stuart Burrows, tenor Gwynne Howell, bass Paul Hudson, bass London Philharmonic Choir Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir

BERLIOZ                                            La Damnation de Faust

Programme 22
3 April 1973
Edo de Waart
Janet Baker, mezzo soprano

GABRIELI                                            Sonata Pian e Forte
IVES                                                   Washington’s Birthday
MAHLER                                            Rückert Lieder
TCHAIKOVSKY                                  Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathetique’

Programme 23
8 April 1973
Sir Adrian Boult, John Alldis*
Sheila Armstrong, soprano David Ward, tenor John Carol Case, baritone London Philharmonic Choir

WAGNER                                          The Flying Dutchman, Overture
WAGNER                                          Monologue from Act 1 of The Flying Dutchman
WAGNER                                          Siegfried Idyll
WAGNER                                          Wotan’s Farewell and Magic Fire Music
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS*                        Dona Nobis Pacem

Programme 24
22 April 1973
Josef Krips
Walter Klien, piano

BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 3
MOZART                                           Piano Concerto No. 21
RICHARD STRAUSS                             Till Eulenspiegel

Programme 25
1 May 1973
Erich Leinsdorf
Peter Katin, piano

MENDELSSOHN                                  Symphony No. 3, ‘Scottish’
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 4
MUSSORGSKY                                    Pictures from an Exhibition (orch Ravel)

Programme 26
4 May 1973
Bernard Haitink
Kyung Wha Chung, violin

IAIN HAMILTON                                 Concerto for Orchestra
TCHAIKOVSKY                                  Violin Concerto
RICHARD STRAUSS                             Also sprach Zarathustra

Programme 27
8 May 1973
Bernard Haitink
Daniel Barenboim, piano

BRAHMS                                            Piano Concerto No. 1
BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 2

Programme 28
10 May 1973
Josef Krips
Ileana Cotrubas, piano Norma Procter, mezzo soprano London Philharmonic Choir

SCHUBERT                                         Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’
MAHLER                                            Symphony No. 2, ‘Resurrection’


London Philharmonic Orchestra
1973 – 1974 season
42nd Season

Programme 1
16 September 1973
Josef Krips
Leonard Rose, cello

SEARLE                                              Symphony No. 2
SCHUMANN                                       Cello Concerto
BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 4

Programme 2
20 September 1973
Josef Krips

ELGAR                                               Enigma Variations
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 7

Programme 3
25 October 1973
Eugen Jochum

HAYDN                                             Symphony No. 102
HAYDN                                             Symphony No. 103, ‘Drum Roll’
HAYDN                                             Symphony No. 104, ‘London’

Programme 4
6 November 1973
Daniel Barenboim

ELGAR                                               Falstaff
ELGAR                                               Symphony No. 1

Programme 5
11 November 1973
Daniel  Barenboim
Jean-Bernard Pommier, piano

WEBER                                              Euryanthe, Overture
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano  Concerto No. 3
ELGAR                                               Symphony No. 1

Programme 6
21 November 1973
Bernard Haitink
Peter Katin, piano

MOZART                                           Piano Concerto No. 17
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 8

Programme 7
25 November 1973
Bernard Haitink
Paul Tortelier, cello

WALTON                                          Variations on a Theme of Hindemith
DVOŘÁK                                           Cello Concerto
STRAVINSKY                                      The Firebird (complete)

Programme 8
11 December 1973
Erich Leinsdorf

BACH                                                Two Chorale Preludes (orch Schoenberg)
BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 3
STRAVINSKY                                      The Rite of Spring

Programme 9
13 December 1973
Erich Leinsdorf
John Lill, piano

MOZART                                           Symphony No. 40
LISZT                                                 Piano Concerto No. 1
PROKOFIEV                                       Symphony No. 5

Programme 10
18 December 1973
Edo de Waart
Radu Lupu, piano

BRAHMS                                            Piano Concerto No. 1
BERLIOZ                                            Symphonie fantastique

Programme 11
17 January 1974
Bernard Haitink
Hermann Krebbers, violin

DVOŘÁK                                           Violin Concerto
MAHLER                                            Symphony No. 5

Programme 12
27 January 1974
Bernard Haitink
Elly Ameling, soprano, Norma Proctor, contralto, Peter Pears, tenor, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, London Philharmonic Choir

SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 1, ‘Spring’
BRITTEN                                            Spring Symphony

Programme 13
31 January 1974
Bernard Haitink
Zara Nelsova, cello

MOZART                                           Overture, The Magic Flute
BRITTEN                                            Cello Symphony
TCHAIKOVSKY                                  Symphony No.. 5

Programme 14
3 February 1974
Sir Georg Solti
Tamas Vasary, piano

BARTÓK                                            Divertimento for Strings
LISZT                                                 Piano Concerto No.. 2
SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No.. 4

Programme 15
7 February 1974
Sir Georg Solti

WEBER                                              Overture, Oberon
MOZART                                           Symphony No. 41, ‘Jupiter’
HENZE                                              Heligabalus Imperator
RICHARD STRAUSS                             Don Juan

Programme16
10 February 1974
Sir Georg Solti
Itzhak Perlman, violin

BRAHMS                                            Tragic Overture
BRAHMS                                            Violin Concerto
BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 1

Programme 17
19 February 1974
Sir Georg Solti
Allan Schiller, piano

MOZART                                           Piano Concerto No. 21
MAHLER                                            Symphony No. 6

Programme 18
21 February 1974
Sir Georg Solti
Peter Frankl, piano

MOZART                                           Piano Concerto No. 25
MAHLER                                            Symphony No. 6

Programme 19
26 February 1974
Sir  Adrian  Boult, John  Alldis*
Alfred  Brendel, piano  Felicity  Palmer, soprano, London  Philharmonic  Choir

BRAHMS                                            Piano Concerto No. 1
HOLST*                                             Choral Symphony

Programme  20
17 March 1974
Bernard Haitink
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

BEETHOVEN                                      Leonore Overture No. 3
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 1
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’

Programme 21
19 March 1974
Bernard Haitink
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

BEETHOVEN                                      Egmont Overture
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 4
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 4

Programme 22
21 March 1974
Bernard Haitink
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 8
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 2
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 7

Programme 23
24 March 1974
Bernard Haitink
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 2
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 3
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 5

Programme 24
26 March 1974
Bernard Haitink
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

BEETHOVEN                                      Leonore Overture No. 2
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastoral’

Programme 25
31 March 1974
Bernard Haitink
Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano, Anna Reynolds, mezzo-soprano, Ryland Davies, tenor, Donald Bell, bass, London Philharmonic Choir

BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 1
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’

Programme 26
4 April 1974
Sir Adrian Boult
Ralph Holmes, violin

HOWELLS                                          Concerto for String Orchestra
SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 3, ‘Rhenish’
ELGAR                                               Violin Concerto

Programme 27
9 April 1974
Raymond  Leppard
Rafael  Orozco, piano

BACH                                                Fantasia  and  Fugue  in  C  minor (orch. Elgar) 
RACHMANINOV                                 Piano Concerto No. 3
BAX                                                   Symphony No. 7

Programme 28
11 April 1974
John Pritchard
Henryk Szeryng, violin

FRICKER                                            Dance Scene
SIBELIUS                                             Violin Concerto
RACHMANINOV                                 Symphony No. 3

Programme 29
21 April 1974
János Fürst
Rodney Friend, violin

MOZART                                           Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
BRITTEN                                            Violin Concerto
MAHLER                                            Symphony No. 1

Programme 30
7 May 1974
Kurt Sanderling
John Ogdon, piano

BEETHOVEN                                      Coriolan Overture
MOZART                                           Piano Concerto No. 15
SHOSTAKOVICH                                Symphony No. 15

Programme 31
9 May 1974
Kurt Sanderling
Shura Cherkassky, piano

WAGNER                                          Die Meistersinger, Overture
CHOPIN                                            Piano Concerto No. 2
SHOSTAKOVICH                                Symphony No. 15



London Philharmonic Orchestra
1974 – 1975 season
43rd Season
 

Programme 1
19 September 1974
Eugen  Jochum
Murray  Perahia, piano

WAGNER                                          Overture,  The  Mastersingers 
SCHUMANN                                       Piano  Concerto 
BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 2

Programme 2
26 September 1974
Eugen Jochum
Stephen Bishop, piano

MOZART                                           Piano Concerto No. 25
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 4, ‘Romantic’

Programme 3
1 October 1974
Jose Serebrier,
Gina Bachauer, piano, London Philharmonic Choir

BEETHOVEN                                      Overture, Egmont
RACHMANINOV                                 Piano Concerto No. 2
IVES                                                   Symphony No. 4
TCHAIKOVSKY                                  Francesca da Rimini

Programme 4
6 October 1974
Walter Weller
Joaquin Achucarro, piano

DUKAS                                              The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
RACHMANINOV                                 Piano Concerto No. 3
DEBUSSY                                            La Mer

Programme 5
10 October 1974
Walter Weller
Garrick Ohlsson, piano

BEETHOVEN                                      Leonore Overture No. 3
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 1
DUKAS                                              Symphony

Programme 6
22, 27 October 1974
Karl Richter
Felicity Palmer, soprano, Anna Reynolds, mezzo-soprano, Robert Tear, tenor, Karl Christian Kohn, bass, London Philharmonic Choir

MOZART                                           Symphony No. 40
MOZART                                           Requiem

Programme 7
7 November 1974
Bernard Haitink
Kyung-Wha Chung, violin

TIPPETT                                             Fantasia Concertante On A Theme Of Corelli
BEETHOVEN                                      Violin Concerto
SAINT-SAËNS                                     Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’

Programme 8
14 November 1974
Bernard Haitink
Claudio Arrau, piano

ROSSINI                                             Overture, The Italian Girl In Algiers
BRAHMS                                            Piano Concerto No. 1
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV                           Scheherazade

Programme 9
17 November 1974
Bernard Haitink
Claudio Arrau, piano

SCHUBERT                                         Symphony 8 (Unfinished)
GOEHR                                             Metamorphosen/Dance (world premiere)
BRAHMS                                            Piano Concerto No. 2

Programme 10
3 December 1974
John Pritchard
Itzhak Perlman, violin

BERLIOZ                                            Overture, Les Francs Juges
BRUCH                                              Scottish Fantasia
SCHUBERT                                         Symphony No. 9, ‘Great’

Programme 11
10 December 1974
Edo De Waart
Radu Lupu, violin

MENDELSSOHN                                  Overture, Ruy Blas
MOZART                                           Piano Concerto No. 27
BARTÓK                                            Concerto For Orchestra

Programme 12
15 December 1974
Daniel Barenboim
Yvonne Minton, mezzo-soprano

MAHLER                                            Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 5

Programme 13
21 January 1975
Bernard Haitink
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

MOZART                                           Overture, The Impresario
MOZART                                           Piano Concerto No. 21
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 8

Programme 14
23 January 1975
Bernard Haitink
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

GOEHR                                             Metamorphosen/Dance
MOZART                                           Piano Concerto No. 22
MENDELSSOHN                                  Symphony No. 3, ‘Scottish’

Programme 15
30 January 1975
John Pritchard
John Ogdon, piano, Nancy Gottschalk, soprano, Maureen Lehane, contralto, Ryland Davies, tenor, Donald Bell, bass, London Philharmonic Choir

BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
TIPPETT                                             A Child Of Our Time

Programme 16
9 February 1975
John Pritchard
Emanuel Ax, piano

MENDELSSOHN                                  Overture, Fingal's Cave
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 4
BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 4

Programme 17
13 February 1975
Sir Georg Solti
Annie Fischer, piano

WAGNER                                          Overture, Tannhauser
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 3
ELGAR                                               Symphony No. 2

Programme 18
16 February 1975                                  
Sir Georg Solti
Annie Fischer, piano

MOZART                                           Overture, The Marriage Of Figaro
MOZART                                           Piano Concerto No. 24
ELGAR                                               Symphony No. 2

Programme 19
18 February 1975
Yevgeni Svetlanov
John Lill, piano

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV                           Tsar Sultan, Suite
RACHMANINOV                                 Piano Concerto No. 2
TCHAIKOVSKY                                  The Seasons (orch. Gauk)

Programme 20
20 February 1975
Yevgeni Svetlanov
Ida Haendel, violin

GLINKA                                             Valse Fantasie
SHOSTAKOVICH                                Violin Concerto No. 1
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 5

Programme 21
13 March 1975
Andrew Davis
Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano

RAVEL                                               Alborada del Gracioso
DUPARC                                            Five Songs With Orchestra
MAHLER                                            Symphony No. 1

Programme 22
18 March 1975
Karl Richter
Sheila Armstrong, soprano, Robert Tear, tenor, John Shirley-Quirk, bass, London Philharmonic Choir

HAYDN                                             The Seasons

Programme 23
20 March 1975
Erich Leinsdorf
Henryk Szeryng, violin

WAGNER                                          Tristan und Isolde, Prelude
BRAHMS                                            Violin Concerto
DVOŘÁK                                           Symphony No. 9, ‘From the New World’

Programme 24
30 March 1975
Colin Davis
Pinchas Zukerman, violin

BEETHOVEN                                      Leonore Overture No. 1
BEETHOVEN                                      Violin Concerto
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastoral’

Programme 25
8 April 1975
Kurt Sanderling
Tamas Vasary, piano

BEETHOVEN                                      Egmont, Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY                                  Piano Concerto No. 1
SHOSTAKOVICH                                Symphony No. 10

Programme 26
13 April 1975
Kurt Sanderling
Peter Katin, piano

GLUCK                                              Alceste, Overture
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 4
SIBELIUS                                             Symphony No. 2

Programme 27
22 April 1975
John Pritchard
Paul Badura-Skoda, piano

MOZART                                           Symphony No. 34
FRANK MARTIN                                 Piano Concerto No. 2
BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 1

Programme 28
27 April 1975
Daniel Barenboim

BEETHOVEN                                      Leonore Overture No. 2
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 4
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 7

Programme 29
4 May 1975
Carlo Maria Giulini
Heather Harper, soprano, Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano. Robert Tear, tenor, Hans Sotin, bass, New Philharmonia Chorus

BEETHOVEN                                      Missa solemnis

Programme 30
8, 11 May 1975
Carlo Maria Giulini

MAHLER                                            Symphony No. 9




London Philharmonic Orchestra
1975 – 1976 season
44th Season
 

Programme 1
23 September 1975
Bernard Haitink
Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich, piano

WALTON                                          Partita
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor
DVORAK                                           Symphony No. 8

Programme 2
25 September 1975
Bernard Haitink
Gina Bachauer, piano

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS                         Overture, The Wasps
RACHMANINOV                                 Piano Concerto No. 3
SHOSTAKOVICH                                Symphony No. 10

Programme 3
7 October 1975
Daniel Barenboim
Radu Lupu, piano

SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 4
SCHUMANN                                       Piano Concerto
SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 1, Spring

Programme 4
12 October 1975
Daniel Barenboim
Artur Rubinstein, piano

WEBERN                                            Concerto Op 24 for nine instruments
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 5
BRAHMS                                            Piano Concerto No. 1

Programme 5
2 November 1975
Walter Weller
György Pauk, violin

DVORAK                                           Slavonic Dances Op 46, Nos 1, 2 and 5
BEETHOVEN                                      Violin Concerto
PROKOFIEV                                       Symphony No. 6

Programme 6
16 November 1975
Walter Weller

MOZART                                           Symphony No. 36, Linz
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 7

Programme 7
30 November 1975
Bernard Haitink
Alfred Brendel, piano

McCABE                                             The Chagall Windows
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 1
DVORAK                                           Symphony No. 9, From the New World

Programme 8
11 December 1975
Bernard Haitink
Alfred Brendel, piano

BEETHOVEN                                      Overture, Leonore No. 2
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 3
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 3, Eroica

Programme 9
16 December 1975
Daniel Barenboim
Clifford Curzon, piano

BEETHOVEN                                      Overture, Prometheus
BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 4
SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 3, Rhenish

Programme 10
19 December 1975
Daniel Barenboim
Narciso Yepes, guitar

LUTOSLAWSKI                                   Concerto for Orchestra
RODRIGO                                          Concierto de Aranjuez
TCHAIKOVSKY                                  Symphony No. 4

Programme 11
13 January 1976
Bernard Haitink
Peter Katin, piano

HAYDN                                             Symphony No. 95
RACHMANINOV                                 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
RAVEL                                               Daphnis and Chloe, Suites 1 and 2

Programme 12
18 January 1976
Bernard Haitink
Sheila Armstrong, soprano, Norma Proctor, contralto, Peter Pears, tenor, John Shirley-Quirk, bass, London Philharmonic Choir

BACH                                                Mass in B minor

Programme 13
22 January 1976
Bernard Haitink
Yehudi Menuhin, violin

MAYER                                              Concerto for the Instruments of an Orchestra
BRAHMS                                            Violin Concerto
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 7

Programme 14
27 January 1976
Bernard Haitink
Daniel Barenboim, piano

BRAHMS                                            Piano Concerto No. 1
BRAHMS                                            Piano Concerto No. 2

Programme 15
30 January 1976
Bernard Haitink
Emanuel Ax, piano

MUSSORGSKY                                    Prelude, Khovanshchina
RACHMANINOV                                 Piano Concerto No. 2
SHOSTAKOVICH                                Symphony No. 15

Programme 16
5 February 1976
John Pritchard

Henryk Szeryng, violin

RICHARD STRAUSS                             Don Juan
TCHAIKOVSKY                                  Violin Concerto
WALTON                                          Symphony No. 2

Programme 17
10 February 1976
Sir Georg Solti

Kyung-Wha Chung, violin

BARTOK                                            Divertimento for Strings
BARTOK                                            Violin Concerto No. 2
BARTOK                                            Concerto for Orchestra

Programme 18
17, 22 February 1976
Sir Georg Solti
Christiane Eda-Pierre, soprano. Helen Watts, contralto, Robert Tear, tenor, Gwynne Howell, bass, London Philharmonic Choir

BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 1
BEETHOVEN                                      Symphony No. 9, Choral

Programme 19
24 February 1976
Sir Georg Solti
Peter Frankl, piano

MOZART                                           Piano Concerto No. 23
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 8

Programme 20
7 March 1976
Sir Georg Solti
Kirsten Mayer, soprano, Peter Pears, tenor, Ryland Davies, tenor, Donald McIntyre, baritone, Benjamin Luxon, baritone, Richard Baker, narrator, John Alldis Choir

STRAVINSKY                                      Oedipus Rex
STRAVINSKY                                      The Rite of Spring

Programme 21
14 March 1976
Sir Georg Solti
Heather Harper, soprano, Helen Watts, contralto, London Philharmonic Choir

MAHLER                                            Symphony No. 2, Resurrection

Programme 22
18 March 1976
Bernard Haitink
John Lill, piano

McCABE                                             The Chagall Windows
TCHAIKOVSKY                                  Piano Concerto No. 1
BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 2

Programme 23
23 March 1976
Bernard Haitink
Alfred Brendel, piano

BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 2
MAHLER                                            Symphony No. 5

Programme 24
28 March 1976
Bernard Haitink
Alfred Brendel, piano

BEETHOVEN                                      Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor
MAHLER                                            Symphony No. 5

Programme 25
1 April 1976
Daniel Barenboim
Yvonne Minton, mezzo-soprano

SCHUBERT                                         Symphony No. 8, Unfinished
ELGAR                                               Sea Pictures
SCHUMANN                                       Symphony No. 2

Programme 26
4 April 1976
Daniel Barenboim
Pinchas Zukerman, violin

ELGAR                                               Violin Concerto
ELGAR                                               Symphony No. 2

Programme 27
9 April 1976
Walter Susskind
Salvatore Accardo, violin

HINDEMITH                                       Overture, News of the Day
MENDELSSOHN                                  Violin Concerto
BRAHMS                                            Symphony No. 4

Programme 28
22, 25 April 1976
Edward Downes
Janet Baker, mezzo soprano

WEBER                                              Overture, Der Freischutz
MAHLER                                            Kindertotenlieder
DVORAK                                           Symphony No. 7

Programme 29
27 April 1976
Carlo Maria Giulini

MOZART                                           Symphony No. 39
BRUCKNER                                        Symphony No. 9

Programme 30
13 May 1976
Vernon Handley
Murray Perahia, piano

IRELAND                                            A London Overture
GRIEG                                               Piano Concerto
SHOSTAKOVICH                                Symphony No. 8




 




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